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SheetVA-DULLES-TOWN-CENTER-VA · Dulles Town Center, VA 5,541 pop · income 85th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Dulles Town Center
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Dulles Town Center on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Marion · lowest
37,357
Marion · lowest
37,357 median HH income
15.1% of the leader · rank #1
Green Valley… · near
114,500
Green Valley… · near
114,500 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #2
Sunnyside · near
114,500
Sunnyside · near
114,500 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #3
Jacksonville · near
114,500
Jacksonville · near
114,500 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #4
Dulles Town C… · this city
114,503
Dulles Town C… · this city
114,503 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #5
Lutz · near
114,516
Lutz · near
114,516 median HH income
46.2% of the leader · rank #6
Crosspointe · highest
247,708
Crosspointe · highest
247,708 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Dulles Town Center on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 5,541.
Dulles Town Center ranks in the 85th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
85th
percentile, household income
87th
percentile, home value
62nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Dulles Town Center, VA
5,541 people live in Dulles Town Center, Virginia - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $114,503 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.5%. Dulles Town Center's housing stock carries a median value of $561,400, and the median resident age is 36.2 years. About 59.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 77.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Virginia tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Virginia at 101.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,369 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Virginia's average monthly utility costs around $235 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 33.3 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Dulles Town Center's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Dulles Town Center, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Dulles Town Center?
Within Virginia, the closest population matches are Quantico Base (5,491 residents, $69,419 income); Moorefield (5,598 residents, $200,754 income); Crosspointe (5,632 residents, $247,708 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Red Oak, IA (5,542 residents); Trenton, MO (5,542 residents); Pahokee, FL (5,539 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Dulles Town Center?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Dulles Town Center?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Virginia average
B
City profile score · Dulles Town Center, VA
71/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
59.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$114,503
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B+
3.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
101.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Dulles Town Center profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 59.1%
Household income: 83/100 (A-) · $114,503
Poverty rate: 75/100 (B+) · 3.5%
Cost of living: 35/100 (F) · 101.1 index
How does Dulles Town Center compare to other US cities?
Dulles Town Center measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value87% pricier than other cities
Median rent62% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Dulles Town Center against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Virginia only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Virginia-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Dulles Town Center near the bottom of Virginia's cities
Among the 619 Virginia cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Dulles Town Center ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Dulles Town Center only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#134 of 558
76th percentile in Virginia
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 619
0th percentile in Virginia
Median Home Value
#107 of 567
81st percentile in Virginia
Poverty Rate
#375 of 616
39th percentile in Virginia
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#99 of 618
84th percentile in Virginia
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Virginia only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
85th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Dulles Town Center's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$561,40013th percentilemore affordable than 13% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Dulles Town Center's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,729 of 15,516
More affordable than 18% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,655 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.9×, Dulles Town Center sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,729 of 15,516 and #9,655 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$114,503Dulles Town Center, VA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Dulles Town Center, VA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Dulles Town Center, VA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)59.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)77.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,541
Median Income
$114,503
Median Home Value
$561,400
Median Age
36.2
Poverty Rate
3.5%
Labor force participation
77.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
59.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.6%
Carpool
12.5%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
15.3%
Based on 3,346 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Virginia statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $235
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Virginia at $235 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Virginia statewide averages, not a meter reading for Dulles Town Center. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Virginia's BEA cost-of-living index is 101.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Dulles Town Center is $1,369/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Virginia statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 33.3 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Virginia statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Dulles Town Center sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Dulles Town Center compares to similar-size Virginia cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.